"You are hooking up with her? Sister of a skank?" Sienna bitterly laughs. "Is this a threesome? Issac are you letting your bestfriend have your leftovers?"

Issac's face turns red with anger and his grey eyes darken so many shades, it almost looks black.

Zoe's face turns red with anger and she clenches her fist and I already know.

Zoe Stewart is about to throw her first punch

"What the fuck Sienna! Are you on something? We have a no strings attached agreement. Why the hell are you bringing in Bay and Issac and Zoe. Fuck off. Victoria's little bitch." He rants and people in the hallway stop heading to class to watch the confrontation.

"What did you just call me?"

"A bitch, are you deaf too?"

"How could you call me that after everything? What because you found a new whore to play with you push me aside. Does she suc-" Zoe's fist fly up and if it weren't for my fast reflexes, Sienna would've been punched by her. I luckily caught Zoe's fist in time. Sienna has her arms up to cover her face.

"Walk it off." I whisper to Zoe. Zoe pushes past Asher and walks toward the girls bathroom. I look to Sienna and all I see is a broken girl who covered her self in plastic and makeup. And despite that 0.00000000001% of me that feels bad for the girl that got lost in the popularity, no one calls my sister a whore.

I bring my hand up and slap Sienna across her face so hard the sound is probably heard all the way in the South wing. People in the hallway gasp in disbelief and shock. Sienna is left with a red hand print on her face and she clutches her cheek. Tears prick her eyes and she looks at me in horror.

This is the first time one of the "it" girls has ever been physically put in her place.

"Listen to me. And listen to me very carefully, don't EVER call my sister a whore. Call me anything you want. I won't give a damn but the moment, you step past that line and attack at my sister is the day you will rue the day you messed with Bay Stewart. Stay in your place. Remember this day Sienna." I seethe in anger and I walk off ignoring everyone's stares and focus on finding my sister.

"BAY!" Issac yells but I ignore them. I ignore them all. I made a big mistake. I should've detached like I always do and stay away from Issac. But this time, I didn't get hurt. My sister did.

I walk into the girl's bathroom and I hear sniffling and sobbing from the last bathroom stall. I walk over and i slide down on the floor in front of it.

"Zoe?"

The sniffling stops for a moment.

"I'm sorry it's all my fault. If I hadn't gotten involved with them, then you wouldn't have and that wouldn't have happened to you."

The bathroom door clicks and she opens the door. Her face is puffy and her eyes are red. My insides already bubble up with anger and I feel like punching something in the face for hurting my sister. For hurting my best friend.

"You can say I told you so now"

"I'm not here to say that Zo. I should've been more cautious."

"NO I should've been. I was so stupid to think just maybe Asher isn't what everyone makes him out to be and we could be fine. And then his hook up comes up and calls me a damn whore." She says and gets up off the toilet and walks to the mirror. She takes out her makeup kit out her bag and uses the powder to conceal her puffy eyes. She reapplies on some lipstick and fixes her hair.

"I am done with Asher" she says emotionlessly.

She sounds like me. Hurt. Overwhelmed by it. Blocking out the pain and lying to yourself. I would know. I have mastered it.

"I am late for class. I will see you at lunch." Zoe says and walks out the bathroom.

No doubt I will have a target on my back because of this.

I walk out the bathroom and to my next class. When I walk in 15 minutes late, the teacher looks at me with shock.

This is has never happened in all my 4 years of high school.

"Ms. Stewart! I thought you wouldn't show up to class." the teacher says.

"I apologize." I say and walk to my seat avoiding everyone's stares and whispers. I sit down at my seat feeling drained. I take out my stuff and close my eyes. The images from yesterday at the paint party are still fresh in my mind and despite the alcohol i consumed, I didn't forget what happened. It was the best thing I ever did in my life. It felt so refreshing to do something so carefree and fun. It made me feel alive again.

Class finished in 30 minutes and the other classes practically flew by though i never payed attention in any of those classes because my head was too clouded by my screaming thoughts.

During my 10 minute break before lunch, I go to my locker and put down my stuff and take out my lunch. I close my locker shut but before I could walk away and hide somewhere before lunch, Issac is standing by a wall near me.

"What?" I ask and watch my feet as i shift my footing.

"Nothing." he says. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Issac" I say hearing my exhaustion in my tone and walk off in some direction and not knowing where I am going. I stop outside the choir room and step inside the unlocked room and sit down at the bay window and I put my feet up to make myself more comfortable. I look outside and I see about 2 dozen or so cars parked outside an 5 school buses. The place is absent of any people and the sky looks like it's about to burst with rain.

"You can't run away from me." a familiar deep voice says and I look up and see Issac standing with his hands in his pockets. He picks up my legs and sits down and puts my legs on his lap. I smile at the small gesture though it means alot in my book.

"Issac, I just bitch slapped someone today. Why haven't you run for the hills? Any reg-"

"Do i seem regular to you Bay?" He asks with one raised eyebrow imitating me. I sigh and look back out the window.

"If anything Bay, I am more interested in you then ever. Where did this fire in you come from? To be so protective over your sister? Why don't you smile? Why have you built these walls around you that are so hard to break down? Who hurt you Bay?"

"No one hurt me Issac? I am obviously in one piece."

"No you aren't. Your soul is shattered. Someone hurt you so much that you are so broken you are left to pick up the pieces and you built these walls around you so that no one sees you broken. But I do Bay. I do and it's sad." He says and his grey eyes have so much emotion in them. Genuine real emotion.

"I don't know why you have made up such a conclusion. It's all wrong." I lie.

"Is it? Is it really? It's just me Bay." He says in a mollified voice.

I get up quickly and look to him. "Okay this is getting too emotional now. Drop those conclusions. They are wrong. Stop reading into me. Just accept what I have given you okay. I have to go meet Zoe."

I walk out the choir room feeling more unsettled than ever.

How did Issac read so much into me? How did he figure it out? Well most of it anyway.

At the lunch door is Zoe waiting for me. I speed walk towards her and when she notices me, we walk into the lunchroom together. We go to sit down at our usual table. The "it" girls are already seated at their table along with TMZ. They are nursing Sienna who looks humiliated because of our earlier encounter. I can still see my handprint on her face and I smile at a good job I did. When they realize I have walked in, they all stand up to approach me.

"Zoe go!' i whisper.

"No i am not leaving this time. I'm facing Barbie and friends whether you like it or not."

They all march over to us with angry faces on ready to fight.

"How dare you slap Sienna. Do you know who you are dealing with? I could have you ruined! You hear me ruined!" Victoria seethes. "First you take Issac and now you slap Sienna. I am onto you Bay"

"I bet she is whoring around with Asher and Issac at the same time." Talia says and all of them start laughing. My poker face is still set on my face, but inside I am bubbling with anger and poison.

"Do you need someone to nurse your wounds Sienna? The nurse isn't 24/7 like the drama you create, run along now." I say and look away from her and at the other 5 girls.

Zoe clears her throat besides me and looks at each of the girls anger set in her eyes.

I already knows what she is going to say.

"What made you all like this?" Zoe says and feigns and innocent look. This what she is doing is something she picked up in psychology class.

"What made you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I am unsatisfied with myself and I need to make others feel terrible' What secrets and burdens are you holding deep in yourself that make you feel weighed down that you use makeup to conceal the stress and burden visible on your face? What hurt is buried in you that is making you so frustrated that you have to lash out at other people? Do you need help ladies?"

They all look shocked at Zoe's words completely caught off guard at her response to their hostile behavior.

Issac, Asher, and Armani walk in and Cartier sends one last glare before walking towards Armani and planting a passionate kiss on his lips. Victoria stalks off to Issac and as soon as she reaches his she slaps in the face and my eyes widen. Issac looks obviously ticked off and his jaw is set in anger.

I can't hear exactly what they are saying but they both look mad and whatever Victoria is saying Issac isn't having and he keeps glancing at me. All the other girls are focused on the conversation they are having, so Zoe and I slip away and sit at our table. I pull up my arms and rest my head on them.

I am so drained, physically and mentally.

Victoria stomps away from Issac fuming and her crew follows behind her and they sit at their table. Issac looks over to me and I look away and rest my head back on my arm.

"Bay, you have to let him in." Zoe murmurs in front of me. I lift my head up in look into her eyes.

"No Zoe. Not a chance. I knew him for what a few days and I have to tell him my life story." I say and shake my head.

I will never let my guard down. Not even for Issac Evans.

I can sense Zoe wants to say more, but she doesn't because she already knows how the conversation is going to end.

...

After School

Zoe and I walk in silence to the bus stop and we let the unspoken words floating above us fill the silence of the atmosphere.

Right as we were about to reach the bus stop, a red porsche stops beside me and Zoe. I look over at Issac Evans is sat in the drivers seat of the car. He has same attractive smile on his face and he is looking at us.

"What Issac?"

"You owe me ice cream."

"No i owe you a punch in the face for getting me drunk." I say sternly but really I am just joking.

Issac looks over at Zoe and says, "You want a ride home?"

"Pssh! Don't need to tell me twice." Zoe says and hurriedly gets in the backseat of the car before I could protest. I stand on the sidewalk contemplating whether to go with him or wait for the bus.

"It's ice cream Bay. Let loose a little." he says.

Fuck it.

I walk over to the passenger's seat of the car and sit down and almost instantly Issac's aroma of a light cologne and vanilla hits me.

Issac begins to drive on the road leading to my house and I look out the window wondering if I will ever be able to fill the hole in my heart that my father's leaving caused.

Probably not.

And I don't know how to feel about that.